> if you wanted to prevent rape you'd do better to ban politicians and priests
We already had banned all male politicians and priests from female spaces simply by virtue of their being male. You're weakening that protection by letting them claim to be female to avoid being removed.
And yet trans women (and males by any other ID) are the risk.
> Repackaged homophobic rehtoric
Wow, no. What's homophobic is you trying to use homosexuality to defend men in women's spaces. This is why the LGB Alliance is fighting for homosexual and sex-based rights and separation from the trans-queer movement.
Not all trans people are trans-women, and if you wanted to prevent rape you'd do better to ban politicians and priests from bathrooms